Plame cover up? No way, Jose...

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I've seen speculation in threads that perhaps Tenet's replacement would somehow cover up for this mis-administration's leaking of Plame to Novak.

Uh-uh, not with one VERY pissed off prosecutor leading the investigation and grand jury. In case you missed it earlier...

Administration Freed Terror Suspect

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WASHINGTON - Nabil al-Marabh was No. 27 on the FBI 's list of terror suspects after Sept. 11. He trained in Afghanistan 's militant camps, sent money to a roommate convicted in a foiled plot to bomb a hotel and boasted to an informant about plans to blow up a fuel truck inside a New York tunnel, FBI documents allege. The Bush administration set him free — to Syria — even though prosecutors had sought to bring criminal cases against him and judges openly expressed concerns about possible terrorist ties.

(Here's the salient part):

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One FBI report summarized a high-level debriefing of a Jordanian informant named Ahmed Y. Ashwas that was personally conducted by the U.S. attorney in Chicago, signifying its importance. The informant alleged al-Marabh told him of specific terrorist plans during their time in prison.

(You know who that US Atty in Chicago is, don't you?)

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At one point in late 2002, U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald in Chicago drafted an indictment against al-Marabh on multiple counts of making false statements in his interviews with FBI agents. Justice headquarters declined prosecution. Fitzgerald declined through a spokesman to discuss the reasons.

Fitzgerald then tracked down Ashwas, the Jordanian who because of minor immigration problems had spent time with al-Marabh in a federal detention cell in 2002. Fitzgerald had the man flown to Chicago and oversaw his debriefing along with FBI agents from Chicago and Detroit, documents show.

(Bottom line? A US Atty who has spent his career prosecuting terrorists in NYC and Chicago had the rug pulled out from under him by BushCo. They shipped an admitted terrorist back to a "terrorist-sponsoring" state for no apparent reason. Do you really think he would back off the Plame case for "political" interests? Ha!)

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=519&ncid=716&e=5&u=/ap/20040602/ap_on_re_us/terror_suspect_deported

[CompassionateLiberal]

1. Very interesting

Good connections. Let's hope Fitzgerald is the real deal.